The Free Software Foundation (FSF)'s Licensing & Compliance Lab has
been tracking the public discussion of licensing issues surrounding
ZFS and the kernel Linux with interest. We haven't made any statement
about it, but we plan to soon.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF)'s Licensing & Compliance Lab has
been tracking the public discussion of licensing issues surrounding
ZFS and the kernel Linux with interest. We haven't made any statement
about it, but we plan to soon.

This is a key moment to stand up for yourselves, to give back for work that's already been done, and to ensure the continued growth of free software as a means to ensure our freedom, and the freedom of future generations. Fortunately, since we have the strength of numbers to draw on, you can do your part for both organizations for less than the monthly cost of a couple Netflix subscriptions or a single dinner
out.

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, December, 18, 2015 -- The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) today submitted a comment to the U.S.
Department of Education in response to the Notice of Proposed Rule
Making (NPRM), Open Licensing Requirement for Direct Grant Programs.
In addition, the FSF collected and sent comments from the free
software community. These comments were filed via postal mail, as
currently it is impossible to submit comments in digital form for
NPRMs without downloading and running proprietary JavaScript.

Yesterday, reddit announced that they will be giving a donation of $82,765.95 to each of ten nonprofits. The process for determining who would receive the money was driven by voting among reddit community members over the last week.